You know, this is exactly the kind of response I expected. Good to know I was on the right track.
Very best regards; Bob Finch > On 9/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Well o.k. on the "all" , I figured as much too. Really I did.... >> >> I am aware of some stuff already being 'split'. Really I was..... >> >> Perhaps a better way of viewing my rant is to look at things this way; >> >> CAN some of the various things proposed to date (in this thread) be >> accomplished in a more 'elegant' way ? <- I am asking that this >> question be asked EACH time someone proposes a 'solution' to some >> 'problem/issue' they are facing. > > > Can YOU propose a more elegant way to do the things? If you can, please > instead of ranting, make you proposal, as asked when this thread > started. > > > I have seen in this thread solutions to problems that are not problems > at >> all !; i.e. Stuff that is solved with simple scripting and using >> things like provides, conflicts, and many of the other 'improvements' >> that ALREADY exist in pacman. <- Yes, some of this discussion has been >> to improve things that do NOT exist, but some has not. I WAS SPEAKING >> TO ALL OF THE THREAD. > > > They might not be problems for you. Remember that there are other users > also, and ultimately the devs try to solve MOST PEOPLE problems. > On a side note, MANY "problems" put on this thread were NOT the problems > intended to be solved by splitting packages, like separating -dev, and > etc. There are other real problems like splitting gcc in gcc and > gcc-lib, which I think is reasonable. As I said before: all comes down > to some policies. No one wants to make Arch become debian, we all went > through it, be assured. BUT to some very specific problems, the > splitting possibility may be a clean and elegant solution. Also, > remember, the devs aren't paid for anything, they do this mostly for > fun, so if something can help them, I think they have the right (and > even the obligation) to do it. > > Now let me try to make this more clear for everyone: > No one wants to make Arch be debian. It´s not the intent. Really. The > intent is to solve some problems. So please use this thread to propose > better and elegant SOLUTIONS to the split-package problem, so we can > continue having the KISS Distro we all like. > > Also, I thought on asking the devs to enumerate what are the kinds of > problems do they intend on solving with split-packages. First to stop > people complaining about things that aren't true. Second I think it can > help if we have details on the problem at hand as we try to propose > solutions. > > Just my 0,02 > > -- > Cheers, > Rodrigo > > A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open > windows. > ~Linus Torvalds _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
